# Kantadi Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Kantadi

Kantadi is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,845 people in 332 households**, the 32nd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,845people (2011)
- 332households
- 65.4%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantadi

Of every 100 households in Kantadi in 2011, 54 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantadi · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**95%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**50%

Television ****26%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kantadi?

■ Kantadi · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**987

Working population ****49.6%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 52.0% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 359 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (4%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 150 (16%) · **■** Marginal 356 (39%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Arsha

- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Tenyasi1,927 people
- Hetjari1,915 people
- Karandi1,910 people
- Mankiari1,784 people
- Salaidahar1,719 people
- Tumba1,679 people
- Nunya1,648 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantadi?1,845 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantadi in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantadi?65.4% (Census 2011)